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Man dies after found shot in car on city’s northeast side

Indianapolis police officers were called to a residential area in the 3900 block of North Butler Avenue around 2:30 p.m. April 22, 2021, on reports of a person shot. (WISH Photo/Andrew Moore)

UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 18-year-old DuVuan Love.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man has died after being found shot in a car on the city’s northeast side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Officers were called to reports of a person shot around 2:30 p.m. Thursday to a residential area in the 3900 block of North Butler Avenue. That’s northeast of the intersection of East 38th Street and Emerson Avenue.

Arriving officers found the man suffering from injuries consistent with a gunshot wound, according to IMPD public information officer Samone Burris. The man, who has not been identified, died at the scene.

Information about a suspect or what led to the shooting has not been released.

Anyone with information about this incident should call the IMPD homicide office at 317-327-3475 or Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477. 

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